"It has long, however, been my
opinion, and I have never shrunk from its expression ... that the germ of
dissolution of our federal government is in the constitution of the federal
Judiciary; an irresponsible body, (for impeachment is scarcely a scare-crow)
working like gravity by night and by day, gaining a little today and a little
tomorrow, and advancing its noiseless step like a thief, over the field of
jurisdiction, until all shall be usurped from the States, and the government of
all be consolidated into one."
--Thomas Jefferson, letter to
Charles Hammond, 1821
No comments:
Post a Comment